Flayvr: Israeli App Automatically Organizes Your Photos
You all know what it's like to try to find that one specific photo on your phone among thousands of recent snaps. New Israeli app Flayvr will automatically organize your photo library into albums, according to times and locations they were taken.
October 17, 2012
iAlbums: Bringing The Old Ways Of Enjoying Music Into The Digital Age
The digital world has made extinct rituals such as unwrapping a music album, placing the CD in a tray, pressing the "play" button and listening to the music while flipping through the album's booklet. Israeli company iAlbums is trying to bring that experience into contemporary methods of music consumption.
October 15, 2012
Study: Mediterranean And Low-Carb Diets Have Long-Lasting Health Benefits
Dieting today may still positively affect your health years from now. That's what a recent study conducted by Ben Gurion University has shown. Even if some weight has been regained, the benefits of diets like the Mediterranean or low-carb diet can last years.
October 14, 2012
Israeli-Danish Team Finds New Way To Zap Malignant Cells
Radiation treatment for cancer is one of the most effective therapies, but the side effects can be devastating. A new Israeli-Danish study on a novel method of millimeter radiation has shown promising results - destroying cancerous cells while causing minimal damage to healthy cells.
October 13, 2012
KIDO’Z’s Children-Friendly Browser Makes The Jump To Mobile
Israeli startup KIDO'Z, which gained popularity with its kid-friendly web browser, that blocks inappropriate content and offers kid-friendly content, has made the jump to mobile. The browser is now available for android users, who want to feel more comfortable handing their phone or tablet to their kids.
October 12, 2012
New Waze Feature Helps You Navigate Your Way To Clean Water
Popular navigation app Waze has introduced a new feature that tells users whether a lakes, or rivers they are trekking through are clean, to drink or to swim in. The developers hope that the app will encourage the Israeli government to further protect Israel's lakes, rivers and streams.
October 11, 2012
Deeyoon: Debate Anyone, About Anything On Video Chat
The internet is a hotbed of arguments ranging from politics to which Pokémon is cooler. New Israeli startup Deeyoon wants to take internet discussion to the next level by allowing people to debate via video chat and allowing users to pick the winner.
October 10, 2012
Funtactix: Turning Blockbusters Into Video Games
Hunger Games, Rango and Mission Impossible are just a few of the movies that have been adapted for online gaming. All three games have one thing in common: they've been adapted by the same company – Israeli Funtactix.
October 09, 2012
Will Israeli Technology Put An End To Viral Disease?
One of modern medicine's biggest challenges today is viruses. Despite great advances in many fields of medicine, some diseases caused by viruses are still extremely hard to treat. Israeli company Vecoy aims to change all that with a new approach: creating synthetic cells that lure the viruses away from the body they are trying to infect.
October 04, 2012
Hoozin: Taking Group Messaging To the Next Level
Despite the abundance in messaging apps for smartphones, Israeli company Hoozin suggests that none of them offers an experience of group-conversation that is similar to the real thing. The company, who has recently raised $750k, claims that their app gives an experience that's much closer to the way groups of people interact in real life.
October 02, 2012
Israeli Technology Behind Europe’s Largest Fish Farm
Due to its unique climate, Israeli fish farmers have developed sophisticated methods of farming, making sure that the fish are plentiful, no matter the climate. Now, the unique Israeli technology has been implemented in the largest fish farm in Europe, which started operating in Poland last week.
September 30, 2012
“Solar-Succa” – The Traditional Jewish Structure Meets 21st Century Tech
The Israeli city Kfar-Sava decided to add a little more "green" to the traditional Jewish construct – the Succa. The structure, which is built by many Israelis as a reminder of the temporary houses that served the Israelites on their exodus from Egypt to Israel, will run exclusively on solar power.
September 29, 2012
Charity Nation? Israeli Startups Donate Millions In Stock Options
Tmura is an Israeli Venture Fund that accepts employee stock options as a donation from early-stage startups. Following exits, the fund distributes the proceeds from its options to educational charities. In ten years, Tmura has already given approx. $6.3 million.
September 27, 2012
Can New App ‘Parko’ Forever Solve Urban Jungle Parking Nightmare?
A year of your life. If you live in a busy city like Tel Aviv, that's how much time you will spend looking for parking. However, new Israeli app Parko aims to change that, with a smart system that integrates smartphone sensors and learning algorithms to tell you when parking spots become available.
September 25, 2012
Will Israeli Product ‘ReWalk’ Make Wheelchairs Obsolete?
After over a decade of development, ARGO Medical Technologies has announced that their flagship product, ReWalk, an exoskeleton which uses robotics to enable paraplegics to walk, is now available for personal use around Europe.
September 24, 2012